Scott Arfield: I left a boy but return a natural leader

Arfield has completed his move to Ibrox on a four-year contractBILL MURRAY/SNS

Scott Arfield believes that he can establish himself as a natural leader in the Rangers dressing room next season, after he completed his move to Ibrox on a four-year contract.

The midfielder — who has left Burnley after the Turf Moor club finished seventh in the Premier League, qualifying for the Europa League in the process — arrived in Glasgow yesterday to have his medical, before being speaking with new Rangers manager Steven Gerrard over the phone. Arfield had effectively been recruited by director of football Mark Allen but Gerrard had given the deal his approval following his appointment.

Arfield returns to Scottish football for the first time since leaving Falkirk for Burnley in 2013, during which he helped the English club gain promotion to…

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